Robert P. Dyk (March 6, 1937 - March 22, 2008) was an American journalist, reporter and correspondent. Dyk worked for CBS News, ABC News, KRBK-TV and WMTW during his career.[1]
Dyk's career in network news began at CBS News as an editorial assistant at the 1960 Democratic National Convention.[1] He moved to ABC News in 1978.[1] He was sent to Tehran, Iran, by ABC to cover the takeover of the United States embassy and the ensuing Iran hostage crisis following the Iranian Revolution in 1979.[1] During his career at CBS and ABC, Dyk also reported in the death of Winston Churchill, the Lebanon Civil War and riots in Los Angeles.[1]
Dyk left network television in 1984 and was a fill-in reporter for ABC-owned KGO-TV in San Francisco.[2] He then worked for KRBK-TV in Sacramento, California, as an anchor and reporter from 1986 to 1987. After being demoted from anchor to reporter,[3] [4] he moved to Maine, where he was an anchor and reporter for WMTW.[5] [1]
Dyk died of cancer at the age of 71 on March 22, 2008, at his home in Falmouth, Maine.[1]